Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill)

The Temple of Venus Erycina (Latin: Aedes Veneris Erycinae) was a temple on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome dedicated to Venus Erycina. This was an aspect of the goddess Venus. Later this temple was probably called the Temple of the Capitoline Venus (Aedes Veneris Capitolinae).[1] There was another temple with the same name in Rome, the Temple of Venus Erycina (Quirinal Hill).

Temple of Venus Erycina (Capitoline Hill)
LocationRegione VIII Forum Romanum
Built in215 BC
Built by/forQuintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Type of structureRoman temple
RelatedList of ancient monuments
in Rome
Map of Rome showing the two temples of Venus Erycina

History

The Temple of Venus Erycina on the Capitoline Hill was built by the dictator Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus. He was appointed dictator after the disastrous Battle of Trasimeno in 217 BC and promised this temple to Venus after consulting the Sibylline Books, hoping thereby to reverse his fate.Template:Livy 22.9-10, 23.30-31) The temple was inaugurated in 215 BC.

The temple was probably in the Area Capitolina, by the great Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus.

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See also

References
  1. ”Venus”, ”Encyclopaedia Britannica”, April 04, 2018

Further reading
  • Orlin, Eric. Temples, Religion, and Politics in the Roman Republic
  • Gruen, Erich. Romans and Others. In Rosenstein and Morstein-Marx "A Companion to the Roman Republic" p. 466.


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